After read this thread, I buy this book(e-version) yesterday. But, Uh, I regard it extremely difficult! I have read "Good Part" yet……
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Amit Agarwal <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for Professional Javascript for Web Developers 2nd Ed. > > -Regards > *Amit Agarwal <http:///www.amitagrwal.com>* > +91-779-822-8765 > > > > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Miller Medeiros < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 to Zackas' Professional JavaScript, specially the chapters 4 (variable, >> scope and memory), 6 (OOP), 18 (advanced techniques)... - the chapters about >> DOM and Events are also helpful if you don't have experience with front-end >> dev and browsers discrepancies. >> >> one thing to keep in mind is that it isn't a book for complete beginners >> developers or "very experienced" javascript developers, but I think it is an >> excellent book for someone who is coming from another language (even without >> any JS knowledge) or someone who want to take his JS skills to the next >> level, since it's pretty theoretical and explain how things work and not >> just how to use it. >> >> prototypical inheritance only became clear in my mind after reading >> chapter 6, I knew what it was but I didn't knew how to use it in my favor.. >> - I came from a classical-inheritance background (AS3/PHP5) so the prototype >> concept was a little awkward to me. - having the diagrams and multiple >> different patterns helped a lot to understand how it works and how to solve >> some problems related with the prototype chain... >> >> based on the table of contents, Stoyan's JavaScript Patterns seems pretty >> good (it's on my wish list..) but it's only focused on the language itself >> and not on browser-related APIs, both books have different purposes, try to >> decide what is more important for you right now... >> >> cheers. >> >> -- >> Miller Medeiros | blog.millermedeiros.com >> >> -- >> To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<jsmentors%[email protected]> >> > > -- > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<jsmentors%[email protected]> > -- Lai, Yu-Hsuan -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
